Researchers from the Grattan Institute have found that price gouging and high management fees are rife in the federally funded home care sector | Dana_Adele
The federal government has launched a crackdown on home care rorts amid revelations that providers spend about $1 billion a year on administration costs in what a former health department secretary has dubbed a “broken” system.
“The Australian government expects home care providers to offer real value for money – and for the delivery of care, rather than any unjustified administrative charges or management fees, to make up the majority of the cost,” a department spokesman said. The Grattan report welcomed the funding, but warned that without changes it “will be spent in a poorly regulated market where consumers get a bad deal”.
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